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On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:08:15 -0500, "Erv Walter" <erv at epicsystems.com> wrote: >Hi, > >We're using cvs 2.0.4 on a Windows 2003 server. Everything is basically >working, but we've got some questions about a few authentication related >issues. Because the cvs server is on a different NT domain than most of >our users, our CVSROOT looks something like this: > >:sspi:username at server:/test > >In order to get cvs commands to work, each person had to do 'cvs login' >once. That's the topic for our questions: =20 > One way around it would be to have domain trusts set up and use :sspi:DOMAIN\username at server:/test In that case you can use your existing credentials and not need to log in. >How often will we need to do cvs login? Once only? Every time client >PCs reboot? What's the pattern here? So far, I've never had to re-login. Basically once per repository... if the server doesn't change you don't need to do it again. >Where is 'cvs login' storing the domain password? Is it in some plain >text file somewhere that needs to be protected very carefully? Or is it >somewhere "safe"? If it's safe, where is it (so I can provide some >comfort to our security conscious IT folks)? > It's in the registry, which is as safe as the PC that it's sitting on, generally. Tony